SNEAK PEEK: Dynamite Entertainment for August 08, 2012

Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for an early look at Thun’da #1, Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises #1, Pantha #3, Voltron: Year One #4, Vampirella Annual #2, Vampirella #20, Warriors of Mars #4, and more.

THUN’DA #1 48 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + Written by ROBERT PLACE NAPTON Art by CLIFF RICHARDS Cover by JAE LEE Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers! • JAE LEE black & white art cover retailer incentive • JAE LEE “virgin art” cover retailer incentive
The time is now. A Military helicopter crash lands in a remote valley in Africa. A lone survivor awakens with no memory of who he is or what he was doing there, but he’s wearing a uniform and is a skilled combatant. From the wreckage he learns only his name — ROGER DRUM. As he explores his new surroundings he is confronted by a bizarre lost world of dinosaurs and other strange creatures. Drum must learn to survive in this terrifying new reality while coming to terms with fragments of a past he isn’t sure he wants to remember. As a bonus, this over-sized issue also includes the original first issue with fantastic art by the one-and-only Frank Frazetta at no extra cost!

RED SONJA: ATLANTIS RISES #1 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + Written by LUKE LIEBERMAN Art by MAX DUNBAR Cover by LUCIO PARRILLO
Know also O Prince, that Thulsa Doom did not go quietly into the night, his spirit endured, weak and horrible and viscous. Free of all humanity, hungering with a primal desire, all his thoughts were bent on but a single purpose, Thulsa Doom wanted to go Home. Atlantis Ressurrection! When that which sank beneath the waves rises once more, and the Empire of Atlantis remembers its lost glory, can Sonja save the Hyborean nations from slavery and DOOM!

PANTHA #3 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + Written by BRANDON JERWA Art by POW RODRIX Cover by MARK TEXEIRA Fans, ask your retailer for this variant incentive cover! • MARK TEXEIRA “virgin art” cover retailer incentive
The Conjuress pulls back the curtain and reveals some major cosmic truths to Pantha and her allies. Now, Pantha must face Mamba, the Blood Red Queen of Hearts, and the sinister god Seth himself to preserve the balance between Chaos and Order!

VOLTRON: YEAR ONE #4 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + Written by BRANDON THOMAS Art by CRAIG CERMAK Cover by ADMIRA WIJAYA
Commander Sven has sworn to do everything possible to protect his squad from harm, but what he’s done now puts everything at risk. Backed into a corner, and determined to expose a traitor to the Alliance, Sven can only tell himself that he had no choice but to break a few rules, and use every dirty trick in the book just to survive. And what he and his team have planned from their next mission, a joint operation with the #616, provides a whole new definition to the word counter-mission. Is one Space Explorers life worth their best and probably only chance to know the truth? “Fearless Leader” turns the corner, speeding towards its foregone conclusion…

VAMPIRELLA ANNUAL #2 40 pages FC • $4.99 • Teen + Written by MARK RAHNER Art by ILIAS KYRIAZIS Cover by JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
An eager young fanboy wants to be Vampi’s new partner, and against her better judgment, she goes with him to a truly unsettling scene: a little town holding a convention for a popular series of vampire books and movies. As the town goes to absurd lengths to profit from fans, a gang of different predators arrives – and they’re ravenous! 40 pages including a bonus, classic Vampirella tale!

WARRIORS OF MARS #4 (of 5) 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature Written by ROBERT PLACE NAPTON Art by JACK JADSON Cover by JOE JUSKO
The return of the Thither people has forced an uneasy alliance between John Carter and Gullivar Jones. Fighting side by side, they venture into unknown regions to try to rescue Dejah Thoris and stop the Thither King from using the power of Gullivar’s carpet to change the face of Barsoom.

JIM BUTCHER’S THE DRESDEN FILES: FOOL MOON #7 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + • re-solicit Written by JIM BUTCHER, MARK POWERS Art and cover by CHASE CONLEY
A Werewolf war has broken out in Chicago—and every one of the snarling beasts seems to have it in for Harry! Now, it’s the Streetwolves—a lycantropic biker gang who may just hate Harry enough to draw the wrath of the country’s most powerful gangster. And the werewolf faction that started the blood-soaked conflict is about to be revealed…

WARLORD OF MARS VOL. 2 TP 240 pages FC • $24.99 • Mature Advance-solicit. In stores August 2012 Written by ARVID NELSON Art by STEPHEN SADOWSKI, EDGAR SALAZAR Cover by JOE JUSKO
John Carter returns to Mars in triumph and glory, to live happily ever after with his beloved princess and the son he has never known. That was the plan, anyway. Carter’s second arrival on the Red Planet lands him in the middle of a weird, monster-infested forest. Before he can figure out where he is, he’s going to have to do what he does best – kick a little ass. Actually, more than a little! Soon enough, his long-time ally Tars Tarkas is fighting by his side. The two warriors make a horrific discovery that will shake Martian society to its very core. But will anyone believe them? The second installment of Dynamite’s hit series Warlord of Mars is power-packed with enough murder, mystery, mayhem and suspense for two planets. You don’t want to miss it!
COLLECTION FEATURES:
• Issues 10-18 of the hit series written by Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Stephen Sadowski and Edgar Salazar.
• All of the series covers by Joe Jusko, Lucio Parrillo and Stephen Sadowski.

“I like where this is going. And more specifically, I like where it could go. I’m a big fan of storytelling potential in comics, and I can see much of it here.” – The Fellowship of the Geeks

JENNIFER BLOOD VOL. 2: BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TP 152 pages FC • $19.99 • Mature • (C:0-1-2) • Advance solicit. In stores July 2012 Written by AL EWING Art by KEWBER BAAL, EMAN CASALLOS Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
Jen Fellows is a housewife with two kids, a devoted husband, a beautiful suburban home, two cars, a plasma TV, a Mk. 153 SMAW Launcher, an AK47, ten pounds of C4, a large number of grenades, several hundred rounds of hollow-point ammunition, a great big knife…Jen Fellows was also Jennifer Blood, a vengeance-fuelled vigilante taking brutal revenge on the five men who destroyed her parents. But now that she’s finished off the last of them, her mission is over at last. All’s well that ends well? In a word… no. It turns out you can’t murder the five heads of a crime family – plus various assorted bodyguards, associates, ninja schoolgirl assassins, etc. – without any consequences. There are leftover weapons to dispose of, nosy neighbours who might know a little too much, kids getting too curious about the hidden armory in the basement, detectives picking up all the clues you forgot you dropped… and a consortium of rich and powerful people, with private armies of highly trained mercenaries at their command, who want a little revenge of their own.
COLLECTION FEATURES:
• Issues 7-12 of the hit series by Al Ewing and Kewber Baal
• All issue covers by Tim Bradstreet, Alé Garza and more
• Cover sketches by Tim Bradstreet
• Writer’s commentary for Jennifer Blood #7 by Al Ewing

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